Drill case



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DRILL CASE Filed May 28, 1945 INVENTOR,

Patented July 9, 1,946

FIcE DRILL CASE Moses Daniel Nissenbaum, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor, bymesne assignments, to General Hardware Mfg. (30., Inc., New York, N. Y.,a corporation of New York Application May28, 1945, Serial No. 596,342

1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to drill cases and more particularly tothe'portable type.

lhe principal object of this invention is to provide a drill case ofnovel and improved construction, which is compact when closed, and

upon merely opening the case, a drill tray housed therein and carrying aplurality of drills, is automatically shifted to such position that'thedrills In the accompanying drawing forming part I of this application,similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a drill case embodying the teachings ofthe present invention.

The device is here shown in open or use condition.

vice is shown in closed condition.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the drill tray member.

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the cover member of the case.

Fig. 2 is a section taken at line 24 in Fig. 1.' Fig. 3 is similar toFig. 2, except that the deits" I3 are associated in hinged relation witheach other at one of their respective ends. Upon such assembly, the endsof the pin l8 are formed with heads in exterior abutment with the sidesI2 of the box member [2.

In the embodiment illustrated, the box cover member i3 is formed with afront flange I3" and the slots or spaces l9, whereby upon closing thecase formed by the box members I! and t3, the front wall l2" of the boxmember l2, will set within the slots |9, and flange l3" will engage theexterior surface of the wall I2, to maintain the case closed, with thebox cover member I3 nested within the box member l2, and the drill trayll nested within the box cover member I3.

The drill tray ll may be formed of a sheet metal body 26 having integrallugs I4 at its sides near its bottom edge; said lugs being eachrearwardly bent perpendicular to its rear face. Extending from said rearface of the body 26, along its top edge, is a channel 20, having theseries of aligned holes 2! and 22 for positioning a plurality of drills23 the'rethroughf'the bottoms of said drills resting on a channel member24 which is also carried on the rear face of said body member 26.Members 28 and 24 may be mounted or Fig. 6 is a similar View of the box,member of the case.

Fig. 7 shows the pin used for assembling all of said members into aunitary structure.

In the drawing, the drill case I Bcomprises a drill tray memberdesignated generally by the numeral H, a box member 12 which has no rearwall, and a cover member designated generally by the numeral I 3, whichserves as the box cover.

The box members [2 and 13 are in telescopic relation, the cover memberl3 fitting between the.

sides i2 of the box member i2, while the lugs M of the drill tray memberH, fit between the sides 13' of the box ,cover member 93. Holes 15 inthe sides of the box member l2, holes its in the sides of the box covermember l3, and the holes ii in the lugs 14 of the drill tray member H,are provided in order to receive a pin l8 therethrough, whereby saidmembers ll, 12 and secured to the body 25 in any suitable manner. Thelength of succeeding sizes of drills being progressively larger, and itbeing desirous that the upper points'of the drills 23 shall lie in a.line substantially parallel and near to wall l2, the drill rest elementis preferably slanted with respect to the member 20. On the frontsurface of body element 26, the drill sizes or other indicia 21, may bemarked to indicate drill positions and data relating thereto.

The box cover member l3 carries a drill tray carrying element 25, whichis preferably in the embodiment illustrated, of arcual cross section,and extends from-said member terminating in an edge 25. The lug M isfree to move within said arcual member 25, about axis pin l8. When thedrill case I0 is closed as in Fig. 3, edge 25' is spaced from drill traybody 26.

In operation, to open the drill case I 0 from its closed position ofFig.3 to its open condition as in Fig. 2, the box cover member i3 ismanually swung counterclockwise. When said cover member had travelledangularly the obtuse angle shown to exist between said cover member andthe drill tray II in Fig. 2, edge 25 of the tray carrying element 25will contact the rear surface of tray body member 26, and upon furthercontinued movement of said cover member i 3, the

small sized drills and may be considered as shown full size.

To close, cover member I3 is manually swung in a clockwise direction.The angle between said cover member and the tray member will be maintained until the tray ll comes to rest on the floor of the box memberI2, whereupon further movement of the cover member 13 to the positionshown in Fig. 3, edge 25' will move away from the drill tray member 26.

This invention is capable of numerous forms and various applicationswithout departing from the essential features herein disclosed. It istherefore intended and desired that the embodiment herein be deemedillustrative and not restrictive and that the patent shall cover allpatentable novelty herein set forth; reference being had to thefollowing claim rather than to the specific description herein toindicate the scope of this invention.

I claim:

In a drill case, a box member having a wall opening, a box cover memberhinged to the box member on an axis near said opening, a drill traypositioned between the box and cover members, pivotally mounted at itslower end about said axis and a drill tray shifting member extendingfrom the-box cover member in said wall opening and terminating at aposition spaced from the drill tray; said drill tray shifting memberbeing interiorly substantially concave and housing the lower end of thedrill tray and having a path of movement between the drill tray and thebox member, adapted upon opening of the case by movement of the boxcover member, to engage the drill tray only after the box cover memberhas been moved an angular distance of an obtuse angle and upon furthermovement of the box cover member; to swing the tray member an angulardistance of an acute angle.

M. DANIEL NISSENBAUM.

